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Episode: Phishing for Passkeys: An Analysis of WebAuthn and CTAP (god2025)
Description: WebAuthn was supposed to replace
swords on the web: uniform, secure, manageable authentication for everyone! One of its unique selling points was supposed to be the impossibility of phishing attacks. When passkeys were introduced, some of WebAuthn's security principles were watered down in order to achieve some usability improvements and thus reach more widespread adoption.
This presentation discusses the security of passkeys against phishing attacks. It explains the possibilities for an attacker to gain access to accounts secured with passkeys using spear phishing, and what conditions must be met for this to happen. It also practically demonstrates such an attack...